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social science subjects > counseling and psychotherapy > counseling > key people in counseling > Martin E. P. Seligman
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Martin E. P. Seligman  

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  • Martin Elias Peter Seligman was born August 12, 1942, in Albany, New York. He majored in philosophy at Princeton University and in psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, taking his PhD in 1967 under the supervision of the noted learning theorist Richard Solomon. [Source: Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science; Seligman, Martin E. P.]

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